List of Cabinet Minister 2021

The Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in India. It comprises senior ministers, who are further
classified as Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge).

On July 7th 2021 – the President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, reshuffled the allocation of
portfolios among the members of the Council of Ministers. After the reshuffling the Council of Ministers
comprises the PM and 63 ministers. In the 2021 Council of Ministers, there are 30 Cabinet Ministers, 2
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 45 Ministers of State.

Union Council of Ministers 2021

After a resounding victory in the 2019 General Elections, the newly re-elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi took the oath of office along with the Council of Ministers on Thursday, 30th May.

As per the Constitution of India, the total strength of the Council of Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total
number of Lok Sabha MPs. The current strength of the 17th Lok Sabha is 543 members and hence the
Council of Ministers cannot be more than 81.

At the time of swearing-in, the Council of Ministers comprises the PM and 63 ministers. In the 2021 Council
of Ministers, there are 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 30 Ministers of
State.

The portfolios were distributed on Friday, May 31st.

Cabinet Ministers of India 2021

A few key names from the previous Modi government are missing in the new list. Maneka Gandhi, Sports
Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore were not a part of the 2021 Cabinet.

In the newly formed cabinet, PM Modi will hold the following portfolios:

● Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions.

● Department of Atomic Energy
● Department of Space

The list of Cabinet Ministers 2021 along with their portfolios is given below:

Cabinet Ministers Portfolio

Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Defence

Shri Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation

Shri Nitin Jairam Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Gadkari

Smt. Nirmala Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs

Sitharaman

Shri Narendra Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Tomar

Dr. Subrahmanyam Minister of External Affairs

Jaishankar

Shri Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Women and Child Development

Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer

Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of
Textiles

Shri Dharmendra Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development

Pradhan and Entrepreneurship
Shri Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines

Shri Narayan Tatu Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Rane

Shri Sarbananda Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and

Sonowal
Minister of AYUSH

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Minister of Minority Affairs

Naqvi

Dr. Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati

Raj

Shri Jyotiraditya M. Minister of Civil Aviation

Scindia

Shri Ramchandra Minister of Steel

Prasad Singh

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Minister of Food Processing Industries
Paras

Shri Gajendra Singh Minister of Jal Shakti

Shekhawat

Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of Law and Justice

Shri Raj Kumar Singh Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable
Energy

Shri Hardeep Singh Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of
Puri Housing and Urban Affairs

Shri Mansukh Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and

Mandaviya
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Shri Bhupender Yadav Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of Labour and Employment

Dr. Mahendra Nath Minister of Heavy Industries

Pandey

Shri Parshottam Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Rupala
 Shri G. Kishan Reddy Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and

Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

Shri Anurag Singh Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and

Thakur
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Key facts on the reshuffling of Cabinet Ministers-

1. Among the new ministers who were inducted into the Union Cabinet are BJP’s Narayan Rane,
Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita
Duggal, Meenakshi Lekhi, Bharati Pawar, Shantanu Thakur and Kapil Patil; JD(U)’s R C P Singh, LJP’s
Pashupati Paras, and Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel.
2. Twelve ministers have resigned including IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan, Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and
Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar.

List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2021 along with their portfolios:

Minister of State Portfolios

(Independent
Charge)

Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of

Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister
of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
 Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent
Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in
the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in
the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the
Department of Space

List of Minister of State 2021 along with their portfolios:

Minister of State Portfolios

Shri Shripad Yesso Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
Naik Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

Shri Faggansingh Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of

Kulaste State in the Ministry of Rural Development

Shri Prahalad Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of
Patel State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Shri Ashwini Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
Choubey and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Shri Arjun Ram Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
General (Retd.) V. K. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Singh Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil
Aviation

Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of
State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

Shri Danve Raosaheb Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of

Dadarao State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the
Ministry of Mines

Shri Ramdas Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and

Athawale Empowerment

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry
of Rural Development

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal

Balyan Husbandry and Dairying

Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

Shri Pankaj Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

Chaowdhary
Smt. Anupriya Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Patel

Prof. S. P. Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

Baghel

Shri Rajeev Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and

Chandrasekhar Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology

Sushri Shobha Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers

Karandlaje Welfare

Shri Bhanu Pratap Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Singh Verma Enterprises

Smt. Darshana Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of

Vikram Jardosh State in the Ministry of Railways

Shri V. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Muraleedharan Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Smt. Meenakashi Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Lekhi Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Smt. Renuka Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Saruta

Shri Rameswar Teli Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and
Employment

Shri Kailash Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers

Choudhary Welfare

Smt. Annpurna Devi Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

Shri A. Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and

Narayanaswamy Empowerment

Shri Kaushal Kishore Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs

Shri Ajay Bhatt Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of
State in the Ministry of Tourism

Shri B. L. Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North

Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Cooperation

Shri Ajay Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

Shri Devusinh Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
Chauhan

Shri Bhagwanth Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable

Khuba Energy; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Shri Kapil Moreshwar Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Patil

Sushri Pratima Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and

Bhoumik Empowerment

Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

Dr. Bhagwat Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

Kishanrao Karad

Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

Dr. Bharati Pravin Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family
Pawar Welfare
Shri Bishweswar Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and
Tudu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Shri Shantanu Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and

Thakur Waterways

Dr. Munjapara Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child

Mahendrabhai Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH

Shri John Barla Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

Dr. L. Murugan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal

Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting

Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports